Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Femke (talk) 06:20, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

The Adventures of Dr. McNinja

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Zero sources found in a WP:BEFORE. Google News gave only a single listicle from an unreliable looking site. Google Books gave only print versions of the strip. Consensus is that Web Cartoonist's Choice Award is not notable in the absence of other sources, and that seems to be the case here too. Whether there are sources should be weighed far more heavily than whether it won a supposedly notable award. All previous AFDs were from 2005-06 when the guidelines weren't as set as they are now. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:30, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Comics and animation and Webcomics. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:30, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
• Question Did you happen to Google the name of the article as part of your WP:BEFORE? Because I just did and I’m seeing articles by Comics Beat[1], Comics Alliance[2] and Wired[3] and I am wondering how you came up empty. Artw (talk) 00:57, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

  Those all appear to be self published blogs. What journalistic merit do they have? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:08, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

• Oh and Speedy Keep, obviously. Artw (talk) 01:37, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
• Keep: Articles such as those cited by Artw are reliable, independent, and substantial. HenryCrun15 (talk) 07:07, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
• Keep – Wired does have a blog section, but this is a regular journalistic culture column. The Beat is covered at WP:Webcomic sources. Comics Alliance is used very frequently, and Chris Sims seems to be a well-established critic. These three sources are adequate in my eye. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 12:38, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
• Keep - the sources noted above look reasonable, and it being published by Dark Horse provides some additional strength, IMO. Tony Fox (arf!) 18:34, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
• Keep as just about meets WP:GNG. -Kj cheetham (talk) 10:21, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
• Keep per above Andrevan@ 21:27, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

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